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Pearl Harbor - a date which will live in infamy - December 7, 1941
Images from the United States National Archives and Records Administration

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USS Shaw (larger image - 88317 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Shaw by three bombs which exploded in her forward magazine during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-5
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 88938 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of a small boat rescuing a seaman from the burning USS West Virginia in Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-6
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Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 95193 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the wreckage of U.S. destroyers Downes and Cassin in Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-7
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 94168 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of warships damaged at Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-8
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 90410 bytes) 
Title
Photograph showing the capsized mine ship Oglala in Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-9
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 80580 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the damage done to the USS West Virginia, sunk in the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-10
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 78862 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of USS Raleigh, light cruiser, with decks awash after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-11
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Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 70241 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS California sinking into the mud of Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-12
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 91109 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of a wing from a Japanese bomber shot down on the grounds of the Naval Hospital, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-13
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 78127 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Raleigh being held afloat near her anchorage in Pearl Harbor by a barge
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-14
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 80771 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the wreckage-strewn Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-15
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 99010 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Nevada, one of the first of the Pearl Harbor ships to go back into action
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-16
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 69907 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the exact moment the USS Shaw exploded during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-17
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Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 85147 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of a hanger burning after Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-18
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Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 87557 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of hangar and planes damaged and set afire by Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-19
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 67482 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the wreckage of the USS Shaw at Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-20
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 81527 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the wreckage of the USS Downes, by bombs during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-21
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 82771 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Nevada beached at Hospital Point after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-22
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 63289 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Arizona on fire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-23
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Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 115007 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of a machine-gunned army truck at Hickam Field, Hawaii, after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-24
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Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 69733 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Vestal, a U.S. repair ship, twice bombed by Japanese fliers and beached after it started flooding
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-25
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 77254 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of patrol planes wrecked on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-26
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 78296 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the capsized USS Oklahoma and a slightly damaged USS Maryland
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-27
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 90229 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the northwest view of the hanger area at Naval Air Station Kaneohae Bay, Territory of Hawaii, showing damage wrought by Japanese bombing attack
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-28
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Image
(larger image - 89626 bytes) 
Title
Photograph of the USS Oklahoma capsized following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor
Date
12/07/1941
Control Number
NWL-128-PHEX-29
Creating Org.
Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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